No. 25-697
Las Vegas Sun, Inc. v. Sheldon Adelson, et al.
Tags: antitrust-immunity attorney-general-consent circuit-split joint-operating-agreement newspaper-preservation-act statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
Arbitration Antitrust FirstAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Arbitration Antitrust FirstAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether, under the NPA, an amendment to a previously approved, post-NPA JOA needs another Attorney General written consent to be lawful or to be entitled to antitrust immunity.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an amendment to a previously approved, post-NPA joint operating agreement needs additional Attorney General written consent to be lawful or entitled to antitrust immunity
Docket Entries
2026-02-04
Reply of Las Vegas Sun, Inc. submitted.
2026-02-04
Reply of petitioner Las Vegas Sun, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2026-01-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-13
Brief of respondents Sheldon Adelson, et al. in opposition filed.
2025-12-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 15, 2026)
Attorneys
Las Vegas Sun, Inc.
Jordan Tindle Smith — Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Petitioner
Sheldon Adelson, et al.
Ian Heath Gershengorn — Jenner & Block, Respondent